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John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's private memos on Trump conversations contained classified material — More than half of the memos former FBI chief James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information …
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Joshua Green / New York Magazine:
Steve Bannon Is Out of Trump's Doghouse and Leading the Charge Against Mueller — Why does Trump double-down every time it seems like he should retreat? Because Steve Bannon is back in his boss's good graces. — On May 22, just as a strange photo of President Trump, Saudi king Salman …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump accuses James Comey of breaking the law — based on a misleading Fox News report — President Trump's first day back in the office after his brief trip to Europe began, as so many do, with a flurry of tweets. It seems that Trump, as he so often does, tuned into “Fox and Friends” …
New York Times:
Trump's Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton — President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. just contradicted a whole bunch of White House denials of Russian contacts — (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) — Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged Sunday that he met with a Russian lawyer who had promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton in June 2016.
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Truth Behind Donald Trump, Jr.,'s Meeting with a Russian Lawyer — Don't get ahead of the reporting. That's one of the first lessons you're supposed to learn as a novitiate in the church of journalism. Don't assert what is not yet established by the facts. The consequences can be dire.
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Schiff: House Intelligence Committee ‘Will Want to Question’ Trump Jr.
Schiff: House Intelligence Committee ‘Will Want to Question’ Trump Jr.
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Bob Bauer / Just Security:
Open Door to Moscow? New Facts in the Potential Criminal Case of Trump Campaign Coordination with Russia
Open Door to Moscow? New Facts in the Potential Criminal Case of Trump Campaign Coordination with Russia
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Michael Walsh / New York Post:
The Times ‘exposé’ on Donald Trump Jr. is a big yawn
The Times ‘exposé’ on Donald Trump Jr. is a big yawn
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Josiah Ryan / CNN:
CNN's Cuomo, Conway clash over Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russian lawyer
CNN's Cuomo, Conway clash over Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russian lawyer
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Fire peers out from Trump-Russia smoke
The Note: Fire peers out from Trump-Russia smoke
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer on Trump Jr: ‘This borders on treason’
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer on Trump Jr: ‘This borders on treason’
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The Intercept:
Jared Kushner Tried and Failed to Get a Half-Billion Dollar Bailout From Qatar — Not long before a major crisis ripped through the Middle East, pitting the United States and a bloc of Gulf countries against Qatar, Jared Kushner's real estate company had unsuccessfully sought …
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
When Will the Planet Be Too Hot For Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine. — Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. … It is, I promise, worse than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated …
Pew Research Center:
Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions — Republicans increasingly say colleges have negative impact on U.S. — Republicans and Democrats offer starkly different assessments of the impact of several of the nation's leading institutions - including the news media …
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Politico, Washington Post and The Week
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
President Trump's enemies list — Donald Trump is less than six months into his presidency, yet one of the organizing principles of his political operation is already becoming clear: payback. — In private, Trump has spoken of spending $10 million out of his own pocket to defeat …
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Andy Slavitt / USA Today:
Republicans' best play amid health bill chaos is failure — This is a mess of the party's own making and a Congress far more in touch with 2016 politics than 2017 governing. — The Republican plan to undo the Affordable Care Act has spun out of control. GOP senators are frustrated …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
How Trumpcare Dies — Republicans' health care legislation is on the fritz.
How Trumpcare Dies — Republicans' health care legislation is on the fritz.
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Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Democratic leaders keep guard up in health law battle
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Bernie Sanders going to Iowa to promote new book — (I-Vt.) is making a return to Iowa next month to promote his new book. — Sanders will speak in Iowa City on Aug. 31 about his new book, “Bernie Sanders: Guide to Political Revolution,” the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported.
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Zach Berg / Iowa City Press-Citizen:
Prairie Lights brings Bernie Sanders back to Iowa City
Prairie Lights brings Bernie Sanders back to Iowa City
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CBS News:
Transcript: Sen. John McCain on “Face the Nation,” July 9, 2017 — While President Trump was overseas at the G-20 summit in Europe, he engaged with some uneasy U.S. allies and came face to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since taking office.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump minimizes hacking allegations and seeks to ‘move forward’ with Russia
Trump minimizes hacking allegations and seeks to ‘move forward’ with Russia
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Putin Meets His Progeny
Putin Meets His Progeny
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Owen Bennett / HuffPost UK:
Tory MP Anne Marie Morris Recorded Saying Brexit No Deal Is A ‘N***** In A Woodpile’ — No reaction from other Tory MPs on the panel. — Deputy Political Editor, HuffPost UK — A Tory Brexiteer has described the UK leaving the EU without a deal as a “real n*****r in the woodpile” at a meeting of eurosceptics in Central London.
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors step up probe of land deal pushed by wife of Bernie Sanders — A federal investigation into a land deal led by Jane Sanders, the wife and political adviser of Sen. Bernie Sanders, has accelerated in recent months — with prosecutors hauling off more than a dozen boxes …
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Jason Del Rey / Recode:
Amazon is quietly rolling out its own Geek Squad to set up gadgets in your home — The new service is aimed at educating customers about “the smart home” — and, naturally, about Alexa. — For 15 years, Best Buy's Geek Squad installation and repair service has served as one key advantage …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Lena Dunham selling the dress she wore the night Trump won — Lena Dunham is selling the dress she says she cried in on election night last year, when President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton — The Kenzo ruffle-accented printed dress is one of more than a hundred items up for grabs from the former …
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
The resistance is making opposition to the GOP health bill impossible to ignore — Organizers are meeting the challenge of the Republican health bill — at least so far. — Congress is back in town on Monday after a week-long July Fourth recess that was — at least for most Senate Republicans …
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